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Late Bloomers: Brian Downing

Late Bloomers: Brian Downing

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Paul White
Mar 06, 2024
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Sometimes, there really isn’t much mystery when a baseball player defies the usual career arc and gets better with age instead of worse. Sometimes, a player is just an obviously hard worker who works so hard, for so long, that they eventually overcome the obstacles in front of them.

Brian Downing is one of those players.

From the moment he stepped onto a…

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